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2 Reales Insurgent Coinage
| Issuer | Nueva Galicia, Province of |
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| Year | 1813 |
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| Diameter | 26 mm |
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| Obverse description | Within an incuse circle, the denomination mark '2R' appears in the central field. A circular legend surrounds the inner ring, reading JVNTA NACIONAL SUPREMA with the denomination indicated. The lettering is crudely struck in the primitive insurgent style typical of emergency provisional coinage issued during the Mexican War of Independence. The overall design is plain and utilitarian, with no pictorial effigy, reflecting the improvised nature of the issue. |
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| Reverse lettering | MONEDA PROVICIONAL... (Translation: Provisional coin...) |
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Nueva Galicia's insurgent issues of 1813 were produced under José María Vargas, operating in territory the royalist administration in Guadalajara had not yet managed to suppress. These coins were struck to pay irregular forces operating across the region — not ceremonial, not commemorative, but purely functional wartime currency produced with whatever dies and silver the insurgency could control.
KM#218 is among the cruder productions of the independence-era provincial issues, reflecting field conditions rather than mint infrastructure.